Description
Subject summary:This unit is designed to raise students’ awareness of what language is and how it works, by giving them a basic understanding and appreciation of general linguistics. It provides students with conceptual tools to be able to do basic analysis of language at the levels of phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. It also makes students familiar with concepts and terms that occur in other language and linguistics-related disciplines (e.g. Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Developmental Linguistics, Bilingualism, and other applied linguistics areas).
Subject learning outcomes:
• gain an appreciation of concepts about language, and become familiar with recent models and theories;
• become familiar with fundamental concepts used in modern linguistics;
• become familiar with basic concepts in phonetics and phonology;
• become familiar with basic concepts in lexicon and morphology;
• become familiar with basic notions in the area of syntax;
• become familiar with basic concepts in semantics and pragmatics; and
• become familiar with the wider disciplinary context of Linguistics and other language and linguistics-related disciplines.